Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Swingle was born on 22 January 1786, in Germantown, Port Jervis, Orange, New York, United States, her father, John Shaffer Swingle Sr, was 23 and her mother, Catherine Moore, was 16. She married Johnathan Loveland Nicholson on 4 July 1804, in Canaan Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 14 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 11 August 1845, in Hornellsville, Steuben, New York, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Hornell, Steuben, New York, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth "Betsey" Swingle - Church record: birth: 22 January 1786; Montgomery, Orange, New York, United States
- Elizabeth Swingle Nicholson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elizabeth "Betsey" Swingle Nicholson (1786 - 1845) - Find A Grave Memorial
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1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1796
Historical Boundaries 1796: Steuben, New York, United States
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English: probably a variant of Swinger with r/l substitution.
Possibly an Americanized form of German Zwingel, a topographic name from Middle High German zwingel ‘citadel’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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